The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is a non-profit
membership organization
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for state and jurisdictional arts agencies in the United States.
Background
NASAA advocates for
federal funding
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for the arts and aims to protect that portion of the
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...
(NEA) grant budget that is dedicated to state arts agencies. It provides national representation for state arts agencies
NASAA monitors state arts agency trends and documents the scope and impact of state arts agency activities.
NASAA collects and
curates
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and publishes data and information on a range of topics:
Funding
*Current data on state arts agency revenues, including legislative appropriations levels,
per capita
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funding and state rankings
*Presentations and summaries that synthesize key trends in public funding for the arts
*Information on dedicated revenue strategies that are used to supplement state arts agency budgets
*Historical data on state arts agency appropriations from 1970 to the present day.
Grant Making
*State agency
grant making
*Grants to individual artists
*Support for local arts agencies
*Funding for arts education
*National Endowment for the Arts grant making.
State Arts Agencies
*Terms, powers and duties of state arts agency councils
*State arts agency staffing and compensation data
*State arts agency structure and organizational charts
*Placement of state arts agencies within state government.
Publications
NASAA publications provide information on
strategic planning
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It may also extend to control mechanisms for guiding the implementation of the st ...
, needs assessment and
program evaluation
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methods specifically adapted to public arts agencies.
References
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External links
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies website
Non-profit organizations based in the United States